Password input method, computer device and storage medium

ABSTRACT

A password input method that includes calling a user space in an internal memory to obtain a password input request and to send the password input request to a security chip connected with the internal memory; calling the user space to receive random keyboard data generated by the security chip according to the password input request, and displaying a randomly arranged keyboard according to the random keyboard data; and calling a kernel space in the internal memory to obtain password coordinate data input through the keyboard and to send the password coordinate data to the security chip, so that the security chip generates a password plaintext of user input according to the password coordinate data and the random keyboard data.

CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.201710327135.2, filed with the Chinese Patent Office on May 10, 2017 andentitled “PASSWORD INPUT METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGEMEDIUM”, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present application relates to the field of information securitytechnologies, and in particular, to a password input method, a computerdevice, and a storage medium.

BACKGROUND

With the rapid development of Internet technology, more and more paymentterminals (POS, Point of Sale) appear on the market. Payment terminalscan be connected with smart devices such as mobile phones and tabletcomputers for data transmission. Payment terminals can completeoperations such as card reading, personal identification number (PIN)input, data encryption and decryption, and prompt information display,thereby implementing the application of the payment function.

However, when the user performs a password input operation, the keyboardlayout data generated by the terminal and the detected passwordcoordinate data input by the user are directly stored in the kernelspace in the internal memory. Therefore, it is equivalent to storing thepassword plaintext directly in the kernel space. When being hacked orbeing stolen by malware, it is easy to obtain the password plaintextdirectly from the kernel space. Therefore, the security of the passwordinput is not high.

SUMMARY

According to embodiments of the present application, a password inputmethod, a computer device and a storage medium are provided.

A password input method, comprising: calling a user space in an internalmemory to obtain a password input request and to send the password inputrequest to a security chip connected with the internal memory; callingthe user space to receive random keyboard data generated by the securitychip according to the password input request, and displaying a randomlyarranged keyboard according to the random keyboard data; and calling akernel space in the internal memory to obtain password coordinate datainput through the keyboard and to send the password coordinate data tothe security chip, so that the security chip generates a passwordplaintext of user input according to the password coordinate data andthe random keyboard data.

One or more non-volatile readable storage medium storing computerexecutable instructions, the computer executable instructions, whenbeing executed by one or more processors, cause the one or moreprocessors to perform following steps: calling a user space in aninternal memory to obtain a password input request and to send thepassword input request to a security chip connected with the internalmemory; calling the user space to receive random keyboard data generatedby the security chip according to the password input request, anddisplaying a randomly arranged keyboard according to the random keyboarddata; and calling a kernel space in the internal memory to obtainpassword coordinate data input through the keyboard and to send thepassword coordinate data to the security chip, so that the security chipgenerates a password plaintext of user input according to the passwordcoordinate data and the random keyboard data.

A computer device comprising an internal memory, a security chip, aprocessor, and a program stored in the internal memory and executable inthe processor, the internal memory comprising a user space and a kernelspace, the processor is connected with the internal memory and thesecurity chip through a system bus, the processor implements followingsteps when executing the program: calling the user space to obtain apassword input request and to send the password input request to asecurity chip connected with the internal memory; calling the user spaceto receive random keyboard data generated by the security chip accordingto the password input request, and displaying a randomly arrangedkeyboard according to the random keyboard data; and calling the kernelspace to obtain password coordinate data input through the keyboard andto send the password coordinate data to the security chip, so that thesecurity chip generates a password plaintext of user input according tothe password coordinate data and the random keyboard data.

Details of one or more embodiments of the present application are setforth in the accompanying drawings and description below. Other featuresand advantages of the present application will be apparent from thedescription, drawings and claims.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in theembodiments of the present application, the drawings to be used in theembodiments will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings inthe following description are only some embodiments of the presentapplication, those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawingsbased on these drawings without paying any creative work.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the internal structure of a computer devicein an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a password input method in an embodiment;

FIG. 3a is a schematic view of a normally arranged keyboard in oneembodiment;

FIG. 3b is a schematic view of a randomly arranged keyboard in oneembodiment;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a keyboard in another embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a comparison table of password coordinate data and randomkeyboard data in one embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of obtaining password coordinate data in a kernelspace in an embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of ending the password input in one embodiment;and

FIG. 8 is a timing diagram of a password input method in one embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

In order to make the objects, technical solutions, and advantages of thepresent application more comprehensible, the present application will befurther described in detail below with reference to the accompanyingdrawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specificembodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the applicationand are not intended to limit the present application.

In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a computer device 100 isprovided. Referring to FIG. 1, the computer device 100 includes aprocessor 110, a non-volatile storage medium 120, an internal memory130, a security chip 140, and a display screen 150 which are connectedthrough a system bus, and the security chip 140 and the internal memory130 are connected to each other through hardware pins and a serial port.The processor 110 of the computer device 100 is configured to providecomputing and control capabilities to support the operation of theentire computer device. The non-volatile storage medium 120 of thecomputer device 100 stores an operation system 122 and computerexecutable instructions 124 that are executable by the processor 110 forimplementing one of password input methods in the following embodiments.The operating system 122 includes, but is not limited to, an Androidsystem and/or a Linux system. The internal memory 130 provides a cachedoperating environment, including a kernel space 132 and a user space134, for the operation system 122 and computer executable instructions124 in the non-volatile storage medium 120. The kernel space 132 is usedto store kernel code and data. The user space 134 is used to store codeand data for the user program. The security chip 140 and the internalmemory 130 are connected to each other by hardware. The security chip140 may generate and process data related to implementing anabove-mentioned password input method, such as generating randomkeyboard data, sending the random keyboard data to the user space 134,and parsing the subsequently obtained password coordinate data togenerate a password plaintext and the like, and may send instructionsrelated to an above-mentioned password input method, such as controllingthe kernel space 132 to obtain the password coordinate data and thelike. The display 150 of the computer device 100 may be a touch screen,such as a capacitive screen or an electronic screen, and may generatecorresponding coordinate data by receiving a click operation on akeyboard displayed on the touch screen.

In an embodiment, the security chip 140 and the internal memory 130 arehardware-connected by a hardware pin and a pair of serial ports. In thisembodiment, the hardware connection is simple, thereby saving cost, andexpanding the application range of a password input method provided inthe following embodiments.

In an embodiment, the kernel of the kernel space 132 may be verified bya signature.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the structureshown in FIG. 1 is only a block diagram of a part of the structurerelated to the solution of the present application and does notconstitute a limitation to the computer device to which the solution ofthe present application is applied. The specific computer device mayinclude more or fewer components than those shown in the figures, orcombine some components, or have different component arrangements. Forexample, the computer device may further include a camera for scanningthe user to perform identification verification on the user.

In an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a password input method isprovided. The method may be applied to the computer device 100 as shownin FIG. 1. The computer device 100 may be a terminal, including but notlimited to a mobile phone, a tablet computer or a payment terminal, etc.The method includes:

Step S202, calling the user space in the internal memory to obtain apassword input request and to send the password input request to thesecurity chip connected with the internal memory.

In this embodiment, the user space refers to a memory space in theinternal memory of the terminal for storing user program process data,and the user space cannot access data in the kernel space in theinternal memory through a system call. The security chip is a trustedplatform module, is a device that can independently perform keygeneration, encryption and decryption, and data verification, and has anindependent processor and a storage unit inside that can store keys andfeature data and provide encryption and security authentication servicefor the computer. The password input request is a request generated bythe user space when a password input operation on the terminal isdetected. The password input request operation may include, but is notlimited to, powering on the terminal, the operation of causing theterminal to be unlocked from the screen-lock state so as to be switchedto an application interface, the operation of entering the presetapplication, the operation requiring password input such as the presetpayment operation or account transfer operation, and the like. After theuser space is called to obtain the password input request, the passwordinput request is sent to the security chip. Specifically, the passwordinput request obtained by the user space according to the password inputoperation may be sent to the security chip through the serial port forconnecting the internal memory with the security chip to call thepassword input interface of the security chip.

Further, the terminal may provide a corresponding password inputinterface for the operation correspondingly requiring password input,and the interface includes a corresponding control for entering thepassword input state. The above password input operation is a clickoperation on the control. When a click operation on the control isdetected, the password input request is triggered, and after thepassword input request through the memory space is received, thepassword input request is sent to the security chip through the serialport.

In an embodiment, the operation requiring password input may be apayment operation, and when the user clicks the control on the terminalcorresponding to payment operation, the user space may generate thepassword input request when detecting the click operation and send thepassword input request corresponding to the payment operation to thesecurity chip.

In an embodiment, the terminal further includes a user identityinformation collection device, and after detecting a click operationapplied to the control for entering the password input state, the presetuser identity information may be collected by the user identityinformation collecting device and authenticated, if the authenticationsucceeds, the corresponding password input request is triggered. Forexample, the user may set the fingerprint as the user identityauthentication information, and the user space generates the passwordinput request after the preset fingerprint information input isreceived. For another example, the user may perform identityauthentication through information transmission with the terminal byusing identity identifier, such as placing a magnetic card with identityinformation close to the terminal to trigger the user space to generatethe password input request through a near field wireless communicationtechnology (NFC).

Step S204, calling the user space to receive the random keyboard datagenerated by the security chip according to the password input requestand displaying the randomly arranged keyboard according to the randomkeyboard data.

In this embodiment, after receiving the password input request sent bythe user space, the security chip may generate random keyboard dataaccording to a preset random generation manner. The random keyboard datais data for displaying key values on a random arranged keyboard of thepassword input interface. The random keyboard data corresponds to thekey coordinate data on the keyboard one by one. Specifically, the randomkeyboard data may include only ten digits 0 to 9, or only 26 Englishletters and ten digits, or 26 English letters, ten digits, and commonlyused punctuation marks, and each digit, letter or mark appears onlyonce. The preset random generation manner includes, but is not limitedto, directly generating random keyboard data, or generating a sortingsequence of random keyboard data and generating random keyboard dataaccording to the sorting sequence. Further, the user space may receivethe random keyboard data sent by the security chip, and the terminal mayread the random keyboard data stored in the user space and display acorresponding randomly arranged keyboard through the display screen, sothat the user may input password by performing click operation on thekeyboard. The key values of the randomly arranged keyboard correspond tothe random keyboard data and may also include only ten digits 0 to 9, oronly 26 English letters, or only 26 English letters and ten digits, orinclude 26 English letters, ten digits and commonly used punctuationmarks.

In an embodiment, the random keyboard data only includes ten digits1234567890. Random keyboard data 0836125974 may be directly generated;or the sorting sequence 0836125974 of the random keyboard data may begenerated, and the initial 1234567890 is converted into random keyboarddata according to the sorting sequence. In the converted random keyboarddata, 1 is in the original 0 position, 2 is in the original 8 position.3 is in the original 3 position, 4 is in the original 6 position, . . .0 is in the original 4 position, and the converted random keyboard datais 563074921, and the random keyboard data generated each time may beused as the initial data for generating the random keyboard data nexttime.

In an embodiment, the random keyboard data may be a sequence of digitscontaining only ten digits 0 to 9, and the key value of thecorresponding randomly arranged keyboard also contains only ten digits 0to 9. For example, a normal layout of the keyboard is shown in FIG. 3a ,and each digit has its fixed corresponding position. If the user spacereceives the random keyboard data sent by the security chip, such as0836125974, the generated randomly arranged keyboard is as shown in FIG.3b , the key value corresponding to the original 1 position is 0, thekey value corresponding to the original 2 position is 8, the key valuecorresponding to the original 3 position is 3, . . . , and the key valuecorresponding to the original 0 position is 4. The randomly arrangedkeyboard may also include fixed keys other than the key valuescorresponding to the random keyboard data, such as a clear key, a deletekey, a cancel key, and a confirmation key.

In an embodiment, the layout type of the randomly arranged keyboard maybe a full keyboard. As shown in FIG. 4, the key values of the keyboardkeys may include 26 English letters, ten digits, and commonly usedpunctuation marks, etc., by clicking a switch key on the keyboarddifferent types of keys may be displayed, and the keyboard also includesa case switch key, a delete key, a space bar, and a confirmation key. Aparticular keyboard may include more or fewer keys than shown, orcombine some keys, or have different key arrangements. For example, thekeyboard may not include a case switch key and a space bar.

Step S206, calling a kernel space in the internal memory to obtainpassword coordinate data input through the keyboard and to send thepassword coordinate data to the security chip, so that the security chipgenerates a password plaintext of user input according to the passwordcoordinate data and the random keyboard data.

In this embodiment, the kernel space is a memory space in the internalmemory for storing the system kernel. Among them, the system kernel isthe core part of the operating system and is part of the software usedto provide secure access to computer hardware for applications. Thepassword coordinate data includes, but is not limited to, coordinatedata corresponding to the touch or click position generated by a touchoperation directly on the touch screen of the terminal or by a clickoperation performed on the screen keyboard by the mouse when the userperforms the password input. In a randomly arranged keyboard, each keyhas its corresponding coordinate data, and the user may touch or clickthe key to select according to the displayed key value of the key. Thepassword plaintext refers to the password data that the user actuallyinputs for password verification. Corresponding to the random keyboarddata, the password plaintext may also include only ten digits 0 to 9, oronly 26 English letters, or only 26 English letters and ten digits, or26 English letters, ten digits and commonly used punctuation marks, etc.Specifically, in the security chip, a comparison table in which thepassword coordinate data and the random keyboard data are in one-to-onecorrespondence is stored. After receiving the password coordinate datasent by the kernel space through the serial port, the security chip mayparse the password coordinate data according to the comparison table toobtain the password plaintext. In the embodiment, by configuring thecorresponding security chip, the password plaintext is generated only inthe security chip, and the random keyboard data and the passwordcoordinate data generating the password plaintext are separately storedin the user space and the kernel space, so that the password plaintextcannot be directly obtained from any of the kernel space and the userspace, which reduces the risk of the password plaintext being stolen,increases the difficulty of the password being cracked, and improves thesecurity of the password input.

For example, when the generated randomly arranged keyboard is as shownin FIG. 3b , when the password input is performed, if the password 1234is input, the coordinate data corresponding to the key 1 may be (2, 2),the coordinate data corresponding to the key 2 may be (3, 2), thecoordinate data corresponding to the key 3 may be (3, 1), and thecoordinate data corresponding to the key 4 may be (2, 4), and thepassword coordinate data obtained by kernel space may be (2, 2), (3, 2),(3, 1), (2, 4). As shown in FIG. 5, a comparison table of one-to-onecorrespondence between the password coordinate data and the randomkeyboard data is shown. When the password coordinate data received bythe security chip is (3, 1), (2, 1), (3, 3), (1, 2), the comparison canbe performed according to the comparison table, and it can be known that(3, 1) corresponds to 5, (2, 1) corresponds to 6, (3, 3) corresponds to7, (1, 2) corresponds to 8, and the password plaintext corresponding tothe password coordinate data can be parsed as 5678.

In one embodiment, the randomly arranged keyboard also includes a deletekey and/or a clear key. If a touch or click operation performed on thedelete key is received, the kernel space may be called to obtain thecoordinate data corresponding to the delete key and send the coordinatedata to the security chip and the security chip may parse the coordinatedata and delete the corresponding digit from the password plaintext inthe security chip. If there is no password plaintext in the securitychip the delete operation cannot be performed. If a touch or clickoperation performed on the clear key is received, the kernel space maybe called to obtain the coordinate data corresponding to the clear keyand send the coordinate data to the security chip, and the security chipmay parse the coordinate data and clear the password plaintext in thesecurity chip.

In the above password input method, a user space is called to obtain apassword input request and the password input request is sent to thesecurity chip, the user space is called to receive random keyboard datagenerated by the security chip according to the password input requestand a randomly arranged keyboard is displayed according to the randomkeyboard data, and a kernel space is called to obtain passwordcoordinate data input by the user through the randomly arranged keyboardand to send the password coordinate data to the security chip, so thatthe security chip generates a password plaintext of user input accordingto the correspondence of the password coordinate data and the randomkeyboard. By configuring the corresponding security chip, the passwordplaintext is generated only in the security chip, and the randomkeyboard data and the password coordinate data generating the passwordplaintext are separately stored in the user space and the kernel space,so that the password plaintext cannot be obtained from any one of thekernel space and the user space, which reduces the risk of the passwordbeing hacked, increases the difficulty of the password being cracked,and improves the security of the password input.

In one embodiment, after calling the kernel space to obtain the passwordcoordinate data input through the keyboard, the method further includescalling the kernel space to intercept the password coordinate data to bereported to the user space.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the process of intercepting thepassword coordinate data by the kernel space includes the followingsteps:

Step S602, calling the kernel space to receive a password coordinatedata acquisition instruction generated according to the password inputrequest.

In this embodiment, the password coordinate data acquisition instructionrefers to an instruction generated by the security chip according to thereceived password input request, and is used to control the kernel spaceto obtain and intercept the password coordinate data input by the useron the randomly arranged keyboard. Specifically, the security chip maysend the password coordinate data acquisition instruction through thehardware pin to manage the time when the kernel space obtains andintercepts the password coordinate data.

Step S604, calling the kernel space to obtain the password coordinatedata input by the user on the randomly arranged keyboard, to interceptthe password coordinate data to be reported to the user space accordingto the password coordinate data acquisition instruction and to send thepassword coordinate data to the security chip.

In this embodiment, after the kernel space is called to obtain thepassword coordinate data acquisition instruction, the kernel space maybe called to obtain coordinate data corresponding to the touch or clickposition generated by a touch operation directly on the touch screen ofthe terminal or by a click operation performed on the screen keyboard bythe mouse. The coordinate data includes but is not limited to passwordcoordinate data. The password coordinate data refers to coordinate datagenerated by clicking or touching a key with a corresponding key valuegenerated by random keyboard data on a randomly arranged keyboard whenthe user performs the password input. Further, the kernel space may becalled to intercept the password coordinate data to be reported to theuser space by the kernel space. For example, the password coordinatedata may be intercepted by the drive code, and the password coordinatedata may be sent to the security chip through the serial port, therebyavoiding the user space to obtain the password coordinate data.

In an embodiment, after the password coordinate data is sent to thesecurity chip, the password input method further includes: generating,by the security chip, the password plaintext of user input according tothe password coordinate data and the random keyboard data, convertingthe password plaintext into a password ciphertext, and sending thepassword ciphertext to the user space.

The password ciphertext may be the conversion data used for the nextoperation in the user space after the password is input, which canprevent the user space from directly obtaining the password plaintextfor processing. Among them, the next operation includes but is notlimited to password entry, password verification, and the like.Specifically, when the security chip receives the complete passwordcoordinate data, for example, when the password coordinate data reachesa preset length, the security chip may encrypt the complete passwordcoordinate data into a password ciphertext and send the passwordciphertext to the user space through the serial port.

Further, the security chip may convert the password plaintext into apassword ciphertext according to a preset encryption manner, where thepreset encryption method includes but is not limited to one or acombination of a symmetric encryption algorithm such as AdvancedEncryption Standard (AES), one-way hash algorithm such as Message DigestAlgorithm MD5, a Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2 (PBKDF2)algorithm and the like. After generating the password ciphertext, thesecurity chip sends the password ciphertext to the user space for thenext operation.

For example, the security chip encrypts the password plaintext 1234according to a preset Data Encryption Standard (DES) algorithm, and thegenerated password ciphertext, such as a ciphertext block (PINBLOCK), isabcd, and the security chip will send abcd to the user space forpassword verification. The verification password data preset by the userspace is also a password ciphertext block generated by the sameencryption method.

In the above embodiment, by converting the password ciphertext into thepassword ciphertext in the security chip according to the presetencryption method, and sending the ciphertext to the user space, thepassword plaintext only appears in the security chip, thereby improvingthe difficulty of stealing or cracking the password plaintext.

In an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, after the password coordinate datais sent to the security chip, the password input method further includesthe step of ending the password input, and this step specificallyincludes:

Step S702, calling the user space to obtain a password input end requestand to send the password input end request to the security chip.

In this embodiment, the password input end request may be a requestgenerated by the user space in detecting a password input end operationof the user on the terminal. The password input end operation includesbut is not limited to locking the screen of the terminal, clicking acorresponding key for ending password input, and the like. Among them,the key for ending the password input may be a confirm key or a cancelkey. The password input end request may also be a request triggered whenthe length of the password input data reaches a preset password length,and the terminal does not need to provide a corresponding control,thereby saving the time of password input. After calling the user spaceto obtain the password input end request, the password input end requestis sent to the security chip.

For example, the terminal may provide a corresponding key on thekeyboard for ending the password input. When detecting a touch or clickoperation on the key, the terminal may trigger the password input endrequest, and when the user space is called to obtain the password inputend request, the user space can send the password input end request tothe security chip through the serial port. Alternatively, when thesecurity chip receives the password coordinate data of the preset numberof bits, it is considered that the user space sends an password inputend request, for example, if the preset password length is four digits,when the security chip receives four password coordinate data, it isconsidered that the user space has sent an password input end request.

Step S704, calling the kernel space to receive a password input endinstruction generated by the security chip according to the passwordinput request, and stopping the kernel space to obtain the passwordcoordinate data according to the password input end instruction.

In this embodiment, the password input end instruction is acorresponding instruction generated by the security chip after obtainingthe password input end request. Further, the security chip may send thepassword input end instruction to the kernel space by setting a hardwarepin, so that the kernel space stops obtaining the coordinate data.Specifically, before receiving the password input end instruction, thekernel space is called to obtain the coordinate data corresponding tothe click or touch operation on the terminal in real time, and when thekernel space receives the password input end instruction, calling thekernel space to obtain the coordinate data is stopped.

In one embodiment, the randomly arranged keyboard also includes a fixedcancel key for ending password input. When a touch or click operationperformed on the cancel key is detected, the kernel space may be calledto obtain the coordinate data corresponding to the cancel key, thecoordinate data is sent to the security chip, the security chip obtainsthe password input end request after parsing the coordinate data andsends the data corresponding to the cancel key to the user space and theuser space may exit the password input state according to the datacorresponding to the cancel key. For example, when a click operation onthe cancel key on the password input interface is detected, the terminalwill exit the interface.

In the above embodiment, by controlling, by the security chip, thekernel space to stop to obtain the password coordinate data, calling thekernel space to obtain unnecessary coordinate data after the passwordinput of the user ends can be avoided, thereby saving resources andincreasing the difficulty of tampering the input password coordinatedata.

In an embodiment, after sending the password coordinate data to thesecurity chip, the method further includes: calling the user space toreceive the preset password display data sent by the security chip anddisplaying the password display data.

In this embodiment, the preset password display data is data used by theuser space to display on the display screen of the terminal. The presetpassword display data may be a preset unified key value, such as “*”, orbe an identifier generated, by the security chip, by conversionaccording to a key value of each input of the security chip in a presetmethod. Specifically, the security chip may send the preset passworddisplay data to the user space through the serial port, and each timethe security chip receives a password coordinate data sent by the kernelspace, the security chip sends a preset password display data to theuser space for display. After the user touches or clicks a key on arandomly arranged keyboard, the corresponding amount of password displaydata is displayed on the display screen. For example, the security chipmay send a unified key value “*” to the security chip, when the userinputs 1, the data displayed on the display screen is *, when the userinputs 1234, the data displayed on the display screen is ****.

In the above embodiment, by displaying the password display data sent bythe security chip on the display screen, the risk of the passwordplaintext being peeped and used by others when the user password isentered is avoided, and the security of the password input is improved.

In one embodiment, the randomly arranged keyboard further includes adelete key and/or a clear key. If the delete key is touched or clicked,the data displayed on the display screen will be correspondinglydecreased by corresponding number of digits. If the clear key is touchedor clicked, the data displayed on the display screen will be cleared.

Preferably, as shown in FIG. 8, in one embodiment, a password entrymethod is provided. The password input method specifically includes thefollowing process:

Before the password is input, the user triggers the password inputrequest through the password input operation, the user space in theinternal memory is called to obtain the password input request and thepassword input request is sent to the security chip connected to thememory. The random keyboard data generated by the security chipaccording to the password input request is received through the userspace, and the randomly arranged keyboard is displayed according to therandom keyboard data. Specifically, the password input request obtainedby the user space is sent to the security chip through the serial port,and the random keyboard data generated by the security chip according tothe password input request is returned to the user space through theserial port.

When the password is input, the kernel space in the internal memory iscalled to obtain the password coordinate data acquisition instructiongenerated by the security chip according to the password input request,the kernel space in the internal memory is called to obtain andintercept the password coordinate data input through the keyboard and tosend the password coordinate data to the security chip, so that thesecurity chip generates a password plaintext of user input according tothe password coordinate data and the random keyboard data. Specifically,the password coordinate data acquisition instruction generated by thesecurity chip is sent to the kernel space through a hardware pin. Thesecurity chip stores a comparison table composed of the passwordcoordinate data and the random keyboard data, and the security chip maygenerate the password plaintext of user actual input according to thecomparison table. Further, each time the security chip receives apassword coordinate data, the user space is called to receive the presetpassword display data sent by the security chip, and the passworddisplay data is displayed. Specifically, the preset password displaydata in the security chip may be uploaded to the user space through theserial port, and the password display data received by the terminal maybe displayed to the user through the display screen.

When the password input is completed, the user triggers the passwordinput end request by the password input end operation, the user space iscalled to obtain the password input end request and send it to thesecurity chip. The kernel space is called to receive password input endinstruction generated by the security chip according to the passwordinput request and stopped to obtain the password coordinate dataaccording to the password input end instruction. Specifically, thepassword input end request obtained by the user space is sent to thesecurity chip through the serial port, and the password input endinstruction generated by the security chip is sent to the kernel spacethrough the hardware pin. Further, the security chip generates apassword plaintext of the user input according to the passwordcoordinate data and the random keyboard data, converts the passwordplaintext into a password ciphertext, and sends the password ciphertextto the user space. Specifically, the password ciphertext generated bythe security chip is sent to the user space through the serial port toperform the next operation.

In the above embodiment, by configuring the corresponding security chip,the password plaintext is generated only in the security chip, and therandom keyboard data and the password coordinate data for generating thepassword plaintext are separately stored in the user space and thekernel space, so that the password plaintext cannot be obtained from anyone of the kernel space and the user space, which reduces the risk ofthe password being hacked, increases the difficulty of the passwordbeing cracked. Moreover, by controlling, by the security chip, the timethat the kernel space starts and stops to obtain the password data, thepassword data can be obtained timely and resource waste can be avoided.By displaying the password display data uploaded by the security chip tothe user, the risk of the password plaintext being peeped and used byothers when the user password is entered is avoided, and the security ofthe password input is improved.

One or more non-volatile readable storage medium storing computerexecutable instructions, the computer executable instructions, whenbeing executed by one or more processors, cause the one or moreprocessors to perform following steps: calling a user space in aninternal memory to obtain a password input request and to send thepassword input request to a security chip connected with the internalmemory; receiving, by the user space, random keyboard data generated bythe security chip according to the password input request, anddisplaying a randomly arranged keyboard according to the random keyboarddata; and calling a kernel space in the internal memory to obtainpassword coordinate data input through the keyboard and to send thepassword coordinate data to the security chip so that the security chipgenerates a password plaintext of user input according to the passwordcoordinate data and the random keyboard data.

In an embodiment, after the program is executed by the one or moreprocessors to call the kernel space in the internal memory to obtain thepassword coordinate data input through the keyboard, the following stepis further implemented: calling the kernel space to intercept thepassword coordinate data to be reported to the user space.

In an embodiment, after the program is executed by the one or moreprocessors to send the password coordinate data to the security chip,the following steps are further implemented: generating, by the securitychip, the password plaintext of user input according to the passwordcoordinate data and the random keyboard data, converting the passwordplaintext into a password ciphertext and sending the password ciphertextto the user space.

In an embodiment, after the program is executed by the one or moreprocessors to send the password coordinate data to the security chip,the following steps are further implemented: calling the user space toobtain a password input end request and to send the password input endrequest to the security chip; and calling the kernel space to receive apassword input end instruction generated by the security chip accordingto the password input request and stopping the kernel space to obtainthe password coordinate data according to the password input endinstruction.

In an embodiment, after the program is executed by the one or moreprocessors to send the password coordinate data to the security chip,the following step is further implemented: calling the user space toreceive preset password display data sent by the security chip anddisplaying the password display data.

In an embodiment, when the program is executed by the one or moreprocessors, calling a user space in an internal memory to obtain apassword input request and to send the password input request to asecurity chip connected with the internal memory includes calling theuser space in the internal memory to obtain a password input request andto send, through the serial port, the password input request to thesecurity chip connected with the internal memory; calling the user spaceto receive random keyboard data generated by the security chip accordingto the password input request, and displaying a randomly arrangedkeyboard according to the random keyboard data includes: calling theuser space to receive, through the serial port, random keyboard datagenerated by the security chip according to the password input requestand displaying a randomly arranged keyboard according to the randomkeyboard data, and calling a kernel space in the internal memory toobtain password coordinate data input through the keyboard and to sendthe password coordinate data to the security chip, so that the securitychip generates a password plaintext of user input according to thepassword coordinate data and the random keyboard includes calling,through a hardware pin, a kernel space in the internal memory to obtainpassword coordinate data input through the keyboard and to send, througha serial port, the password coordinate data to the security chip, sothat the security chip generates a password plaintext of user inputaccording to the password coordinate data and the random keyboard data.

A computer device comprising an internal memory, a security chip, aprocessor, and a program stored in the internal memory and executable inthe processor, the internal memory comprising a user space and a kernelspace, the processor is connected with the internal memory and thesecurity chip through a system bus, the processor implements followingsteps when executing the program: calling the user space to obtain apassword input request and to send the password input request to asecurity chip connected with the internal memory; receiving, by the userspace, random keyboard data generated by the security chip according tothe password input request, and displaying a randomly arranged keyboardaccording to the random keyboard data; and calling the kernel space toobtain password coordinate data input through the keyboard and to sendthe password coordinate data to the security chip, so that the securitychip generates a password plaintext of user input according to thepassword coordinate data and the random keyboard data.

In one embodiment, after the processor executes the program to implementthe step of calling the kernel space in the internal memory to obtainthe password coordinate data input through the keyboard, the followingstep is further implemented: calling the kernel space to intercept thepassword coordinate data to be reported to the user space.

In an embodiment, after the processor executes the program to implementthe step of sending the password coordinate data to the security chip,the following steps are further implemented: generating, by the securitychip, the password plaintext of user input according to the passwordcoordinate data and the random keyboard data, converting the passwordplaintext into a password ciphertext and sending the password ciphertextto the user space.

In an embodiment, after the processor executes the program to implementthe step of sending the password coordinate data to the security chip,the following steps are further implemented: calling the user space toobtain a password input end request and to send the password input endrequest to the security chip; and calling the kernel space to receive apassword input end instruction generated by the security chip accordingto the password input request and stopping the kernel space to obtainthe password coordinate data according to the password input endinstruction.

In an embodiment, after the processor executes the program to implementthe step of sending the password coordinate data to the security chip,the following step is further implemented: calling the user space toreceive preset password display data sent by the security chip anddisplaying the password display data.

In an embodiment, when the processor executes the program, calling auser space in an internal memory to obtain a password input request andto send the password input request to a security chip connected with theinternal memory includes calling the user space in the internal memoryto obtain a password input request and to send, through the serial port,the password input request to the security chip connected with theinternal memory; calling the user space to receive random keyboard datagenerated by the security chip according to the password input request,and displaying a randomly arranged keyboard according to the randomkeyboard data includes: calling the user space to receive, through theserial port, random keyboard data generated by the security chipaccording to the password input request and displaying a randomlyarranged keyboard according to the random keyboard data, and calling akernel space in the internal memory to obtain password coordinate datainput through the keyboard and to send the password coordinate data tothe security chip, so that the security chip generates a passwordplaintext of user input according to the password coordinate data andthe random keyboard includes calling, through a hardware pin, a kernelspace in the internal memory to obtain password coordinate data inputthrough the keyboard and to send, through a serial port, the passwordcoordinate data to the security chip, so that the security chipgenerates a password plaintext of user input according to the passwordcoordinate data and the random keyboard data.

One of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of theprocess of implementing the above embodiments may be completed by usinga computer program to instruct related hardware, and the program may bestored in a non-volatile computer readable storage medium, when theprogram is executed, the flow of method embodiments as described abovemay be included. The storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an opticaldisk, a read-only memory (ROM), or the like.

The technical features of the above-described embodiments may bearbitrarily combined. For the sake of brevity of description, not allpossible combinations of the technical features in the above embodimentsare described. However, as long as there is no contradiction in thecombinations of these technical features, all should be considered inthe scope of this specification.

The above-mentioned embodiments are merely illustrative of severalembodiments of the present application, and the description thereof isspecific and detailed, but should not be construed as limiting the scopeof the application. It should be noted that a number of variations andmodifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the present application. Therefore, thescope of the application should be determined by the appended claims.

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 21. A password input method, comprising: calling a userspace in an internal memory to obtain a password input request and tosend the password input request to a security chip connected with theinternal memory; calling the user space to receive random keyboard datagenerated by the security chip according to the password input request,and displaying a randomly arranged keyboard according to the randomkeyboard data; and calling a kernel space in the internal memory toobtain password coordinate data input through the keyboard and to sendthe password coordinate data to the security chip, so that the securitychip generates a password plaintext of user input according to thepassword coordinate data and the random keyboard data.
 22. The passwordinput method according to claim 21, wherein after said calling a kernelspace in the internal memory to obtain password coordinate data inputthrough the keyboard, the method further comprises: calling the kernelspace to intercept the password coordinate data to be reported to theuser space.
 23. The password input method according to claim 21, whereinafter said sending the password coordinate data to the security chip,the method further comprises: generating, by the security chip, thepassword plaintext of user input according to the password coordinatedata and the random keyboard data, converting the password plaintextinto a password ciphertext, and sending the password ciphertext to theuser space.
 24. The password input method according to claim 21, whereinafter said sending the password coordinate data to the security chip,the method further comprises: calling the user space to obtain apassword input end request and to send the password input end request tothe security chip; and calling the kernel space to receive a passwordinput end instruction generated by the security chip according to thepassword input request and stopping the kernel space to obtain thepassword coordinate data according to the password input endinstruction.
 25. The password input method according to claim 21,wherein after said sending the password coordinate data to the securitychip, the method further comprises: calling the user space to receivepreset password display data sent by the security chip and displayingthe password display data.
 26. The password input method according toclaim 21, wherein the internal memory is connected with the securitychip through a hardware pin and a serial port; said calling a user spacein an internal memory to obtain a password input request and to send thepassword input request to a security chip connected with the internalmemory comprising: calling the user space in the internal memory toobtain a password input request and to send, through the serial port,the password input request to the security chip connected with theinternal memory; said calling the user space to receive random keyboarddata generated by the security chip according to the password inputrequest and displaying a randomly arranged keyboard according to therandom keyboard data comprising: calling the user space to receive,through the serial port, random keyboard data generated by the securitychip according to the password input request and displaying a randomlyarranged keyboard according to the random keyboard data; said calling akernel space in the internal memory to obtain password coordinate datainput through the keyboard and to send the password coordinate data tothe security chip so that the security chip generates a passwordplaintext of user input according to the password coordinate data andthe random keyboard data comprising: calling, through a hardware pin, akernel space in the internal memory to obtain password coordinate datainput through the keyboard and to send, through a serial port, thepassword coordinate data to the security chip so that the security chipgenerates a password plaintext of user input according to the passwordcoordinate data and the random keyboard data.
 27. One or morenon-volatile readable storage mediums storing computer executableinstructions, the computer executable instructions, when being executedby one or more processors, causing the one or more processors to performfollowing steps: calling a user space in an internal memory to obtain apassword input request and to send the password input request to asecurity chip connected with the internal memory; calling the user spaceto receive random keyboard data generated by the security chip accordingto the password input request, and displaying a randomly arrangedkeyboard according to the random keyboard data; and calling a kernelspace in the internal memory to obtain password coordinate data inputthrough the keyboard and to send the password coordinate data to thesecurity chip so that the security chip generates a password plaintextof user input according to the password coordinate data and the randomkeyboard data.
 28. The computer readable storage medium according toclaim 27, further comprising, after said step of calling a kernel spacein the internal memory to obtain password coordinate data input throughthe keyboard: calling the kernel space to intercept the passwordcoordinate data to be reported to the user space.
 29. The computerreadable storage medium according to claim 27, further comprising, aftersaid step of sending the password coordinate data to the security chip:generating, by the security chip, the password plaintext of user inputaccording to the password coordinate data and the random keyboard data,converting the password plaintext into a password ciphertext, andsending the password ciphertext to the user space.
 30. The computerreadable storage medium according to claim 27, further comprising, aftersaid step of sending the password coordinate data to the security chip:calling the user space to obtain a password input end request and tosend the password input end request to the security chip; and callingthe kernel space to receive a password input end instruction generatedby the security chip according to the password input request andstopping the kernel space to obtain the password coordinate dataaccording to the password input end instruction.
 31. The computerreadable storage medium according to claim 27, further comprising, aftersaid step of sending the password coordinate data to the security chip:calling the user space to receive preset password display data sent bythe security chip and displaying the password display data.
 32. Thecomputer readable storage medium according to claim 27, wherein theinternal memory is connected with the security chip through a hardwarepin and a serial port; said calling a user space in an internal memoryto obtain a password input request and to send the password inputrequest to a security chip connected with the internal memorycomprising: calling the user space in the internal memory to obtain apassword input request and to send, through the serial port, thepassword input request to the security chip connected with the internalmemory; said calling the user space to receive random keyboard datagenerated by the security chip according to the password input request,and displaying a randomly arranged keyboard according to the randomkeyboard data comprising: calling the user space to receive, through theserial port, random keyboard data generated by the security chipaccording to the password input request and displaying a randomlyarranged keyboard according to the random keyboard data; said calling akernel space in the internal memory to obtain password coordinate datainput through the keyboard and to send the password coordinate data tothe security chip, so that the security chip generates a passwordplaintext of user input according to the password coordinate data andthe random keyboard data comprising: calling, through a hardware pin, akernel space in the internal memory to obtain password coordinate datainput through the keyboard and to send, through a serial port, thepassword coordinate data to the security chip, so that the security chipgenerates a password plaintext of user input according to the passwordcoordinate data and the random keyboard data.
 33. A computer devicecomprising an internal memory, a security chip, a processor, and aprogram stored in the internal memory and executable in the processor,the internal memory comprising a user space and a kernel space, theprocessor is connected with the internal memory and the security chipthrough a system bus, the processor implements following steps whenexecuting the program: calling the user space to obtain a password inputrequest and to send the password input request to a security chipconnected with the internal memory; calling the user space to receiverandom keyboard data generated by the security chip according to thepassword input request, and displaying a randomly arranged keyboardaccording to the random keyboard data; and calling the kernel space toobtain password coordinate data input through the keyboard and to sendthe password coordinate data to the security chip, so that the securitychip generates a password plaintext of user input according to thepassword coordinate data and the random keyboard data.
 34. The computerdevice according to claim 33, wherein after said calling a kernel spacein the internal memory to obtain password coordinate data input throughthe keyboard, the method further comprises: calling the kernel space tointercept the password coordinate data to be reported to the user space.35. The computer device according to claim 33, wherein after saidsending the password coordinate data to the security chip, the methodfurther comprises: generating, by the security chip, the passwordplaintext of user input according to the password coordinate data andthe random keyboard data, converting the password plaintext into apassword ciphertext, and sending the password ciphertext to the userspace.
 36. The computer device according to claim 33, wherein after saidsending the password coordinate data to the security chip, the methodfurther comprises: calling the user space to obtain a password input endrequest and to send the password input end request to the security chip;and calling the kernel space to receive a password input end instructiongenerated by the security chip according to the password input requestand stopping the kernel space to obtain the password coordinate dataaccording to the password input end instruction.
 37. The computer deviceaccording to claim 33, wherein after said sending the passwordcoordinate data to the security chip, the method further comprises:calling the user space to receive preset password display data sent bythe security chip and displaying the password display data.
 38. Thecomputer device according to claim 33, wherein the internal memory isconnected with the security chip through a hardware pin and a serialport; said calling a user space in an internal memory to obtain apassword input request and to send the password input request to asecurity chip connected with the internal memory comprising: calling theuser space in the internal memory to obtain a password input request andto send, through the serial port, the password input request to thesecurity chip connected with the internal memory; said calling the userspace to receive random keyboard data generated by the security chipaccording to the password input request, and displaying a randomlyarranged keyboard according to the random keyboard data comprising:calling the user space to receive, through the serial port, randomkeyboard data generated by the security chip according to the passwordinput request and displaying a randomly arranged keyboard according tothe random keyboard data; said calling a kernel space in the internalmemory to obtain password coordinate data input through the keyboard andto send the password coordinate data to the security chip, so that thesecurity chip generates a password plaintext of user input according tothe password coordinate data and the random keyboard data comprising:calling, through a hardware pin, a kernel space in the internal memoryto obtain password coordinate data input through the keyboard and tosend, through a serial port, the password coordinate data to thesecurity chip, so that the security chip generates a password plaintextof user input according to the password coordinate data and the randomkeyboard data.
 39. The computer device according to claim 33, whereinthe internal memory is hardware-connected with the security chip througha hardware pin and a pair of serial ports.
 40. The computer deviceaccording to claim 33, wherein a kernel in the kernel space is verifiedby signature.